浙江省2009年7月自学考试美国文学选读试题.doc

浙江省2009年7月自学考试美国文学选读试题 课程代码：10055 Part Ⅰ. Choose the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A. (10 points in all, 1 point for each) Group 1 Column A Column B ( )1. Washington Irving A. The Scarlet Letter ( )2. Nathaniel Hawthorne B. An American Tragedy ( )3. Theodore Dreiser C. As I Lay Dying ( )4. Ezra Pound D. In a Station of the Metro ( )5. William Faulkner E. The Sketch Book Group 2 Column A Column B ( )6. Nick Carraway A. Indian Camp ( )7. Hurstwood B. Moby Dick ( )8. Miss Waston C. Sister Carrie ( )9. Ahab D. The Great Gatsby ( )10. Nick Adams E. Adventures of huckleberry Finn Part Ⅱ. Select from the four choices A, B, C and D of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. (50 points in all, 2 points for each) 11. Henry David Thoreau’s work, ____, has always been regarded as a masterpiece of the New England Transcendental Movement.( ) A. Walden B. Nature C. The Pioneers D. Song of Myself 12. Moby Dick, the big white whale, is possibly read as symbolic of all the following EXCEPT____.( ) A. malignancy B. God C. adultery D. beauty 13. The Romantic Period in the history of American literature started with the publication of Washington Irving?s The Sketch Book and ended with Whitman?s ____.( ) A. Drum Taps B. Leaves of Grass C. Rip Van Winkle D. Walden 14. ____is worth the honor of being ?the American Goldsmith? for his literary craftsmanship.( ) A. Walt Whitman B. Washington Irving C. Herman Melville D. Ralph Waldo Emerson 15. ?Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind?is a famous quote from ___?s writings.( ) A. Henry David Thoreau B. Mark Twain C. Henry James D. Ralph Waldo Emerson 16. In the history of American literature ____is unanimously agreed to be the summit of the Romantic period. ( ) A. New England Transcendentalism B. the Harlem Renaissance C. England Unitarianism D. New Transcendentalism 17. The Civil W